Liana Sargsyan - Justice for Journalists

Liana Sargsyan

Affiliated media: Hraparak.am, Journalist

Incident date: January 23, 2024

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Hraparak.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On January 23, after the open session of the Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia, the correspondent of the daily newspaper Hraparak Liana Sargsyan tried to interview the member of the Commission Artur Manukyan, but the Chairman of the Commission Tigran Hakobyan interfered and forbade him to answer the questions. Moreover, he raised his voice and irritably started insulting the journalist: «You are from a hooligan media, I pity you, who deceived you that you are a journalist?».

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